Agile Business Analysis

Course Overview

This two-day workshop provides the essential information needed for anyone doing business analysis in an Agile environment. You will work with core Agile techniques from visioning through retrospecting and experiment with them using a robust case study. Using Scrum as a framework, you will write, elaborate, and prioritize user stories, as well as build and refine a product backlog. In addition, you will learn how the business analyst can participate on Agile teams and in Scrum events to add value to Agile initiatives.

Note: This course has been approved by PMI for 14 PDUs and by IIBA for 14 CDUs.

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for business analysts familiar with Agile or those performing business analysis tasks in an Agile environment. It is also suitable for anyone wanting to learn Agile analysis in depth or for those in an organization planning to expand their Agile BA practices.

Course Objectives

Understand the principles that guide Agile business analysis
Explain the Scrum framework, roles, and how business analysts contribute to Scrum teams
Elicit user roles and develop user profiles
Identify and practice techniques to understand the business and product need, goals and objectives in an Agile environment
Use and explain high-level Agile planning techniques including story maps
Write and elaborate valuable user stories and other product backlog items to build a product backlog

Course Outline

Business Analysis Overview

What is business analysis and a business analyst
What is a requirement
Requirement types and business rules

Agile Overview

What is Agile
When to use an adaptive approach
Predictive and adaptive approaches
The Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles

Scrum Framework

Empirical nature of Scrum
Scrum roles – Product Owner, Scrum Master,
Development Team
Business analysis activities in Scrum
The Agile Business Analysis toolkit